# CVE-2022-34009: Fossil 2.18 on Windows allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an XSS payload in a ticket.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-07-27 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Fossil 2.18 on Windows allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an XSS payload in a ticket. This occurs because the ticket data is stored in a temporary file, and the product does not properly handle the absence of this file after Windows Defender has flagged it as malware.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/changes.wiki
- https://gainsec.com/2022/07/27/cve-2022-34009/

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